Not queer as in "F*** You" but lesbian as in "Love you"
Mixed feelings recently when I saw this fairly famous cartoon and so I started really researching it:
I like the term queer but don't feel it really applying to me as someone super *feminine dating someone else super *feminine. Although haha, I suppose in the true spirit of queer rebellion I could choose it anyways and "stick it to the man" so to speak and cause utter confusion(if you can't convince them, confuse them? amiright? haha)
Ok. Also I'm pretty against gun culture. Just rubs me the wrong way.
Maybe, if you change the gun into a glitter puppy bomb that upon explosion releases thousands of tiny labrador retrievers upon the victim and kisses them until they succumb.
Ahem, anyways I do REALLY like that queer is a sort of all-inclusive umbrella term. And I respect people with strong informed political opinions who chose this as their term and lifestyle.
But honestly you guys, I'm just happy to not be in the closet anymore.
Being gay/queer and out is ummm...... really awesome.
And it's hard to be angry, when you are surrounded in so many beautiful people.
So I'm proposing, Not queer as in "Fuck You" but lesbian as in "Love You".
Because I've really been shown nothing but love and acceptance since I came out and I feel pretty damn grateful.
*feminine(as per used above) : in the "stereotypical" sense, e.g. love pink, sappy romantic movies, flowers, walks on the beach, pina coladas......hmmmmm pina coladas........wanders off to find pina colada......
Ok. Also I'm pretty against gun culture. Just rubs me the wrong way.
Maybe, if you change the gun into a glitter puppy bomb that upon explosion releases thousands of tiny labrador retrievers upon the victim and kisses them until they succumb.
Ahem, anyways I do REALLY like that queer is a sort of all-inclusive umbrella term. And I respect people with strong informed political opinions who chose this as their term and lifestyle.
But honestly you guys, I'm just happy to not be in the closet anymore.
Being gay/queer and out is ummm...... really awesome.
And it's hard to be angry, when you are surrounded in so many beautiful people.
So I'm proposing, Not queer as in "Fuck You" but lesbian as in "Love You".
Because I've really been shown nothing but love and acceptance since I came out and I feel pretty damn grateful.
*feminine(as per used above) : in the "stereotypical" sense, e.g. love pink, sappy romantic movies, flowers, walks on the beach, pina coladas......hmmmmm pina coladas........wanders off to find pina colada......
Missing And Murdered Aboriginal Women
-at a fundraiser for missing and murdered aboriginal women-
Her(in the microphone): Sometimes I get really awkward and don't know what to do with my hands....and I always do the wrong thing. Like I will do this (she wraps her hands around her head in a twisty motion)
*the audience laughs in what I assume to be agreement (who hasn't been on a nervous date?!)*
Her: This next song is about that feeling
Her(in the microphone): Sometimes I get really awkward and don't know what to do with my hands....and I always do the wrong thing. Like I will do this (she wraps her hands around her head in a twisty motion)
*the audience laughs in what I assume to be agreement (who hasn't been on a nervous date?!)*
Her: This next song is about that feeling
Well guys, I will blog about it with my (sometimes situationally awkward) hands.
(my very small way of giving back to a community that doesn't have the loudest voice, if one at all)
It's astounded such blatant racism is still prevailing in the year 2014. We should have already progressed farther than this.
When aboriginal women go missing they aren't searched for and this promotes this targeted violence. More than 1000 aboriginal women have been murdered since 1980.
And all human lives are of equal value.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has"-Margaret Mead
Feminism Vs Misandry
-driving-
Him(gay): I can't relate to lesbian movies
Me(hetero, HA just kidding): What about gay movies? Did you see Broke Back Mountain?
Him: I just saw the sex scene like 15 times!
Me: What?? Why?!
Him: My friend kept playing it over and over to bother me
Me: Haha
Him: A lot of lesbian movies have characters that hate men
-I pensively chew on the inner side of my right cheek for a second-
Me: I don't hate men. I just don't want to date them.... I also like pink though so....
Him: Haha if you made a movie about your life I would watch it
My exact expression when people think feminism and misandry are the same thing:
Barbie F*cks It Up Again
I took the liberty of re-writing the first few pages of "Barbie: I can be a computer engineer!" which has now been recalled from book stores haha
Thanks Feminist Barbie Hacker!
https://computer-engineer-barbie.herokuapp.com/
Enjoy!
Thanks Feminist Barbie Hacker!
https://computer-engineer-barbie.herokuapp.com/
Enjoy!
Heroines, 101.5 UMFM discusses legalizing prostitution
The Pandora Box:
When I was 14 I had a lot of questions
for my Dad when he brought the book Heroines home from the library.
Inside, were photos of marginalized female drug addicts on the streets of Vancouver's Eastside.
No words in the book, just a few poems.
I still remember vividly a photo of a frail woman who was clearly homeless bundled in a blanket, sitting on the sidewalk, putting on lipstick in a tiny hand held mirror.
So much like you or I would do.
My Dad explained to me that drug addiction is a disease, not a crime.
And that they need help, not prison.
Tonight I listened to a really interesting show called "The F Word" on 101.5 UMFM radio about Canada legalizing prostitution and criminalizing the purchase of it, the way it is in Sweden. A very interesting point was brought up- if studies show prostitution as a side affect of poverty then why are we are focusing on creating more laws instead of focusing on solving poverty problems?
Was it poverty that led to prostitution that led to heroin?
Or was it heroin that led to poverty that led to prostitution?
DO some sex workers really enjoy the work they do?
And if so, who's right IS it to tell a woman what she can and can't do with her body?
Sex itself is not inherently violent.
So why is the sex trade outrageously violent?
Is the violence a side affect of it being illegal?
I still have so many questions.
When I was 14 I had a lot of questions
for my Dad when he brought the book Heroines home from the library.
Inside, were photos of marginalized female drug addicts on the streets of Vancouver's Eastside.
No words in the book, just a few poems.
I still remember vividly a photo of a frail woman who was clearly homeless bundled in a blanket, sitting on the sidewalk, putting on lipstick in a tiny hand held mirror.
So much like you or I would do.
My Dad explained to me that drug addiction is a disease, not a crime.
And that they need help, not prison.
Tonight I listened to a really interesting show called "The F Word" on 101.5 UMFM radio about Canada legalizing prostitution and criminalizing the purchase of it, the way it is in Sweden. A very interesting point was brought up- if studies show prostitution as a side affect of poverty then why are we are focusing on creating more laws instead of focusing on solving poverty problems?
Was it poverty that led to prostitution that led to heroin?
Or was it heroin that led to poverty that led to prostitution?
DO some sex workers really enjoy the work they do?
And if so, who's right IS it to tell a woman what she can and can't do with her body?
Sex itself is not inherently violent.
So why is the sex trade outrageously violent?
Is the violence a side affect of it being illegal?
I still have so many questions.
It hurts to look.
Which is why you should.
